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From the Ted Talk by Astro Teller: The unexpected benefit of celebrating failure

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This was a major crisis for the team. It sent them back to the drawing board. And they came up with a beautiful, new perspective. Aim for a car where you're truly a passenger. You tell the car where you want to go, you push a button and it takes you from point A to pnoit B by itself.

We're really getfraul that we had this insight as early on in the project as we did. And it's shaped everything we've done since then. And now our cars have self-driven more than 1.4 million miles, and they're out eaedvryy on the seretts of miantuon View, California and Austin, Texas.

The cars team shteifd their perspective. This is one of X's mantras. Sometimes shifting your perspective is more powerful than being smart.

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This was a major crisis for the team. It sent them back to the drawing board. And they came up with a beautiful, new perspective. Aim for a car where you're truly a passenger. You tell the car where you want to go, you push a button and it takes you from point A to _____ B by itself.

We're really ________ that we had this insight as early on in the project as we did. And it's shaped everything we've done since then. And now our cars have self-driven more than 1.4 million miles, and they're out ________ on the _______ of ________ View, California and Austin, Texas.

The cars team _______ their perspective. This is one of X's mantras. Sometimes shifting your perspective is more powerful than being smart.

Solution


  1. streets
  2. grateful
  3. shifted
  4. mountain
  5. point
  6. everyday

Original Text


This was a major crisis for the team. It sent them back to the drawing board. And they came up with a beautiful, new perspective. Aim for a car where you're truly a passenger. You tell the car where you want to go, you push a button and it takes you from point A to point B by itself.

We're really grateful that we had this insight as early on in the project as we did. And it's shaped everything we've done since then. And now our cars have self-driven more than 1.4 million miles, and they're out everyday on the streets of Mountain View, California and Austin, Texas.

The cars team shifted their perspective. This is one of X's mantras. Sometimes shifting your perspective is more powerful than being smart.

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